Spring mounted clip for writing implements



Oct. 19, 1954 c. E. MARSHALL 2,691,805

SPRING MOUNTED CLIP FOR WRITING IMPLEMENTS Filed Oct. 1, 1952 INVENTOR.

Clinton E.Mursholl ATTORMEY Patented Got. 19, 1954 OFFICE SPRING MOUNTED CLIP FOR WRITING IMPLEMENTS Clinton E. Marshall, Bronx, N. Y.

Application October 1, 1952, Serial No. 312,471

Claims. 1

This invention relates to clips used for support of writing implements against displacement from a pocket or other support. More particularly, the invention deals with what I term a spring mounted clip wherein a spring is fixed to the clip and inserted into a cap or other cylindrical support in securing the clip to the support while at the same time providing the spring properties to the clip in the use thereof.

More particularly, the invention deals with a clip of the character described, wherein the spring mounting provides yieldable movement of the mounted end portion of the clip with respect to the support, thus adapting the clip for mounting on the pockets having varying thicknesses in the fabric of the garment.

Still more particularly, the invention deals with a clip of the character described, wherein the spring includes an offset key portion engaging the support in keying the clip against lateral movement on the support.

The novel'features of the invention will be best understood from the following description, when taken together with the accompanying drawing, in which certain embodiments of the invention are disclosed and, in which, the separate parts are designated by suitable reference characters in each of the views and, in which:

Fig. 1 is an enlarged side view of a fountain pen cap, detached, with part of the construction broken away and in section illustrating the attachment of a clip to the cap;

Fig. 2 is a section on the line 22 of Fig. 1; and

Fig. 3 is a section substantially on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1 showing only part of the construction.

In the drawing I have indicated at It] the cap of a fountain pen, the cap having a contracted end portion H terminating in a rounded end It. The contracted end portion of the cap is flattened as seen at it, note Fig. 3, and this flattened por tion has two apertures 14 and N5, the aperture I-i being preferably of greater dimensions transversely than the aperture 15 so as to facilitate attachment of a mounting spring l6 with the cap it. At H I have shown a clip having a mounting end it and a coupling end 19 for attaching the clip to a pocket or other support, the end 19 being oifset with respect to the end it, as indicated at 2B. The end portion [9 termihates in a rounded knob 2i projecting at the under surface of said end portion as with other clips of the kind under consideration.

The end portion it! has depending side walls 22 which are so shaped as to fit the flattened portion l3 and part of the raised wall 23 at one side of the aperture 14, as will clearly appear from a consideration of Fig. 1 of the drawing. The spring ['6 has a mounting end portion 26 which fits snugly upon parts of the inner surface of the end It of the clip and is held thereon by two pairs of inwardly extending lugs 25 integral with the walls 22. The spring l6 also fits snugly against walls 22. The mounting end 24 of the spring terminates at its outer end in a key flange or lip 25, the end edge of which is preferably rounded, as seen at 21. Note Fig. 2. This facilitates passage into the aperture It. The other end of the mounting end portion 24 has an angularly extending part 28 terminating in a short stop shoulder 29 from which the bow or curved portion 30 extends. The bow or curved portion terminates at its free end in a reversely curved bearing portion 3| which bears upon the inner surface of the cap H), as clearly seen in Fig. 1 of the drawing.

It will clearly appear from a consideration of Fig. 1 that the lowering of the wall of the cap Hi to form the flattened portion i3 provides a large entrance passage facilitating attachment of the clip I! to the cap It by slipping the end 3| through the aperture l4 until the part 28 fits within the aperture, after which the key 25 is passed down into the aperture I5 in which said key snugly fits. When attached, the end 32 will fit snugly upon the cap [8 and by reason of the flattened portion, the mounting end 18 of the clip ii is kept substantially within the normal contour of the contracted end portion ll of the clip. At least the extension of any part of the end it is minimized.

When the clip is mounted in position, the spring It serves to hold the rounded end 2! firmly in engagement with the cap and in attaching the cap to a support such as the wall of a pocket in which a pen may be carried, the clip I! or the end portion I9 thereof is capable of raising to the extent checked by the stop shoulder 29 which engages the under surface of the cap 10 at the raised portion 23 thereof. In referring to 23 as a raised portion, it is understood that this is raised only with respect to the flattened surface It and not with respect to the contour of the cap l0.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

l. A clip for caps of the character described, the wall of the cap having longitudinally spaced apertures, a clip for mounting on said cap, said clip having a mounting end portion and a coupling end portion, an elongated spring member, the first end of said member bearing upon the under surface of the mounting end portion of the clip, means for retaining said first end of the spring member on said mounting end portion of the clip, the spring member being ofifset with respect to said first end and forming a shoulder at said oifset, the spring member being bowed beyond the offset forming a second end engaging the inner surface of the cap in tensionally supporting the coupling end portion of the clip in engagement with the cap, said ofifset portion of the spring member being arranged in one of said apertures of the cap, and the first end of said spring member having another projection entering the other aperture of the cap in keying the clip against lateral movement on said cap.

2. A clip for caps of the character described, the wall of th cap having longitudinally spaced apertures, a clip for mounting on said cap, said clip having a mounting end portion and a coupling end portion, an elongated spring member, the first end of said member bearing upon the under surface of the mounting end portion of the clip, means for retaining said first end of the spring member on said mounting end portion of the clip, the spring member being offset with respect to said first end and forming a shoulder at said offset, the spring member being bowed beyond the oiiset forming a second end engaging the inner surface of the cap in tensionally supporting the coupling end portion of the clip in engagement with the cap, said offset portion of the spring member being arranged in one of said apertures of the cap, the first end of said spring member having another projection entering the other aperture of the cap in keying the clip against lateral movement on said cap, and said cap being flattened to receive th mounting end portion of the clip and corresponding first end portion of said spring member.

3. A clip for caps of the character described, the wall of the cap having longitudinally spaced apertures, a clip for mounting on said cap, said clip having a mounting end portion and a coupling end portion, an elongated spring member, the first end of said member bearing upon the under surface of the mounting end portion of the clip, means for retaining said first end of the spring member on said mounting end portion of the clip, the spring member being oifset with respect to said first end and forming a shoulder at said offset, the spring member being bowed beyond the offset forming a second end engaging the inner surface of the cap in tensionally supporting the coupling end portion of the clip in engagement with the cap, said offset portion of the spring member being arranged in one of said apertures of the cap, the first end of said spring member having another projection entering the other aperture of the cap in keying the clip against lateral movement on said cap, and said shoulder of the spring member checking outward vmovement of the clip with respect to said cap.

4. A clip for fountain pen caps of the character described, said clip having mounting and coupling end portions, an elongated bowed spring fixed to the mounting end portion of the clip, the bow of said spring being passable through an aperture in the cap in yieldably mounting the clip on said cap in tensionally supporting the coupling end in engagement with said cap, means at the mounting end portion of the clip engaging the cap to key the clip against lateral movement on the cap, said first named means comprising a projecting key element on said spring snugly engaging another aperture in the wall of said cap spaced longitudinally with respect to the first named aperture, and said spring having, adjacent the mounting end of the clip, a shoulder checking outward movement of the clip with respect to said cap.

5. A clip for supports of the character described, comprising an elongated body portion having coupling and mounting end portions, the mounting end portion of the clip having depending side walls, an elongated spring strip having a first part arranged upon the inner surface of the mounting end portion of the clip, means integral with the said side walls of the clip for engaging said first part to secure the spring strip on the under surface of the clip, one end of said first part of the spring strip being offset, forming a shoulder, a second part of said strip beyond the shoulder being bowed and terminating in a curved free end, and said first part of the spring strip including a downwardly projecting key element;

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1,145,584 Heath July 6, 1915 1,350,412 La France Aug. 24, 1926 2,418,410 Hull Apr. 1, 1947 2,487,320 Eratico Nov. 8, 1949 

